Recent Streetsblog DENVER posts about protected bike lanes

Denver Public Works crews began installing a protected bike lane on West 14th Avenue this week, the first new protected bikeway of 2017. It should be ready to ride by next week. The bikeway, which replaces a standard, striped bike lane, will run for a half-mile between Speer Boulevard and Bannock Street — or about […]

Concrete curbs will stop cars from entering the bike lane, which DPW will paint tan to further distinguish it. Parked cars (as well as a bike corral and a B-Cycle station) will add extra protection from traffic.

The plan for Stout Street was to install a bike lane, separated from traffic by parked cars, from 19th to Downing. In a sign that Mayor Hancock is out to lunch when it comes to implementing the city’s bike plan, Curtis Park residents stopped Denver Public Works from doing that. Instead, people on bikes can enjoy the […]

Denver Public Works is preparing to install a protected bike lane on Stout Street and a buffered bike lane on Champa Street in Curtis Park this summer. DPW held an open house at the Curtis Park Neighbors meeting Thursday night to show residents potential designs [PDF] and get feedback. The project aims to calm traffic […]

When construction projects jut into bike lanes, the city needs to keep those lanes functioning safely. But that isn’t happening on the 15th Street “protected” bike lane between California and Stout, above. This construction site takes up the whole block. Denver Public Works attempted to keep the bike lane intact by temporarily repurposing a traffic lane. Problem is, the […]